As is tradition around this time of year, we’ve put our “new music” aside for this week and went into the archives to pull out over an hour of festive music.

This month we’ve created a bonus mixtape that explores the grittier side of Christmas music. Over an hour of some of the best indie rock Christmas music. We’ve got Christmas music from the likes of Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainright, The Walkmen, Fleet Foxes, Julian Casablancas, Deer Tick, The Kinks, Best Coast, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and of course, The Pogues.

If you are in the Christmas spirit, please go support the Heart N Soul Christmas Fundraiser by visiting their JustGiving fundraising page to give what you can.

If this gritty indie rock sound is not what you are looking for during Christmas, you should check out some of our Christmas Mixtapes from previous years: The 80’s Christmas Mixtape, A Jazzy Big Band Christmas Mixtape, A LoFi Christmas, A Classical Christmas Mixtape or The Christmas Mixtape 2000!